Surpassing the love of men : romantic friendship and love between women from the Renaissance to the present /

A classic of its kind, this fascinating cultural history draws on everything from private correspondence to pornography to explore five hundred years of friendship and love between women. Surpassing the Love of Men throws a new light on shifting theories of female sexuality and the changing status o...

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Main Author:	Faderman, Lillian (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Quill/William Morrow and Company, 1981.
Edition:	First Morrow Quill paperback edition.
Subjects:	Lesbianism > History. Lesbians > Psychology. Love. Lesbians in literature. Women. Lesbian heroines in literature. Female friendship. Homosexuality, Female > history Women Interpersonal Relations Love Lesbianisme > Histoire. Amour. Lesbiennes dans la littérature. Femmes. love (emotion) women (female humans) Lesbian heroines in literature Lesbianism Lesbians in literature Lesbians > Psychology Geschichte Lesbische Orientierung Lesbische liefde. History

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Summary:	A classic of its kind, this fascinating cultural history draws on everything from private correspondence to pornography to explore five hundred years of friendship and love between women. Surpassing the Love of Men throws a new light on shifting theories of female sexuality and the changing status of women over the centuries.
Item Description:	The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection.
Physical Description:	496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Awards:	Gay Book Award (American Library Association), 1982
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0688003966 9780688003968